Happy Birthday 2010

[Lesley Cox]

Try what? sitting in a tree?

[Maggi Young]

Happy Birthday from me too - try this after your single malt/s

Try what? sitting in a tree?

A word from our sponsor:
The SRGC does not encourage the sitting in trees ( before or after ingesting any whisky)  by our members.... even if a goodly percentage of said members are completely cuckoo.

[Ragged Robin]

Happy Birthday from me too - try this after your single malt/s

Try what? sitting in a tree?

A word from our sponsor:
The SRGC does not encourage the sitting in trees ( before or after ingesting any whisky)  by our members.... even if a goodly percentage of said members are completely cuckoo.

..or legless 

[Anthony Darby]

Thanks for the good wishes. I had some red wine with a nice homecooked steak (medium rare; lightly oiled and then cooked for three minutes in a hot dry pan, all four of us like our steaks that way). Like the blackbird, I could still stand on one leg. Now to put Andy Murray on the computer to keep an eye on the score.

[Lesley Cox]

My sister phoned from Tauranga this morning to see if I would like a Skipe camera and microphone for my birthday, a little later. I said yes so if any other Forumists have Skipe as well, I'll be able to talk with them face to face. (Maybe they'd prefer not?  )

[Stephenb]

20,000 day old man discovered in Malvik, Norway

I’ve been waiting all day for the surprise party to start, only two hours to go and nothing at all, beginning to wonder if the whole world has forgotten. For those not knowing how old I am, today I reached the 20,000 day mark – yes, I know I look 20,000 too…

This is of course one of the biggest events in anyone’s life – unlike birthdays which happen every year, this is something that for most of us only happens 2 or 3 times in a lifetime and, for a select few, 4 times… (the last one at 108). So, this is cause for a big party, wouldn’t you think? However, not even the SRGC forum,  Facebook or any of the other Internet discussion groups that I’m on have wished me HAPPY Twenty Thousand. I’ll just have to get out the bottle I’ve been saving and congratulate myself I guess…

Another thing, it turns out that tonight is also the largest full moon this year (when the moon is nearest the earth and is 30% brighter). Coincidence that my 20,000th coincides with this event or is this a sign? I’m also including a picture of the beautiful view from the house over the fjord just now.

Edit: To save overworked Maggie from writing it: "Stephen: what do you expect when you don't put your birthday up on your profile" 

[Maggi Young]

Well....QUITE!!


Happy 20,000th Stephen.......I am grateful to you for the use of your birthday moon here in Aberdeen, where it is indeed very large and lovely.......no similarity to your 20,000th day old self, then??!!


Cheers!
 Maggi

[johnw]

However, not even the SRGC forum,  have wished me HAPPY Twenty Thousand.

Stephenb - You must realize we are 5 hours behind you.   

Your letter arrived just as I going to post Very Best Wishes for A Happy 20,000!

It will be a cold full moon tonight.  -5c and dropping, Lucky to get 2-3 inches of snow on bare ground yesterday.

johnw

[Stephenb]

JohnW: My son's girlfriend in Iceland has also just used that excuse, except it was 3 hours....

[Maggi Young]

Stephen, be generous.... these are explanations, not excuses!!

[Lesley Cox]

But we won't forget to remember your 25,000th Stephen, when it arrives.

[Maggi Young]

My friend Jim Willis, is celebrating breaking through the 27,000 barrier in Blanzay ....hope it's a grand day for you and Margaret, Jim! 

[Stephenb]

Hope you didn't resort to your abacus for that one, Maggi?

Nowadays, it's simple to calculate these special birthdays thanks to the following web site (last time at 15,000 days I think I calculated by hand and may have been a day or two out, but who's checking?):  http://www.timeanddate.com/date/birthday.html 

I now have to wait a couple of years for my next birthdays - 1/2 million hours, 30 million hours and 3,000 weeks (3 birthdays in one year - I'll advise the family to start saving now)!

Lesley: I WILL remember your promise - it's already logged on my PC calendar!

[Maggi Young]

Hope you didn't resort to your abacus for that one, Maggi?

Luckily some friends came to visit so I got them to take their shoes and socks off and with the help of all the fingers and toes, it was a task soon accomplished!  

[Gail]

Happy Birthday for yesterday Vivien.  I hope that all the presents were of the snowdrop kind!
Sorry I'm late - I've only just worked out how to post a message!
Gail